Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) stock
ESSNYSEReal Estate Investment TrustsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 28, 2026Score 4/3047% above fair value
$271.80−2.20 (-0.80%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $17.49BP/E 50.4Yield 3.78%
Essex Property Trust statistics
80 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 3, 2027 (estimated, during market hours)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 3.30
- 1.75
- P/OCF Ratio
- 15.77
- 12.68
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 9.03
- 4.42
- EV / EBIT
- 30.65
- 16.11
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.00%
- 0.55%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 0.11%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 64M
- 24M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 0.73%
- 17.6%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 101.2%
- 69.2%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 2M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -9.91%
- 0.38%
- Short % of Float
- 3.56%
- 3.91%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 3.53%
- 3.18%
- Days to Cover
- 3.52
- 1.00
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $303.35
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $238.46
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $271.33
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $271.90
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $270.56
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $5.87
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 0.17%
- 0.10%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 0.90%
- 0.30%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -5.47%
- 0.35%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 1.22%
- 1.31%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 3.87%
- 2.84%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 3.86%
- 1.82%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 32.2%
- -0.49%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -21.5%
- -28.4%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 26.2%
- -19.0%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 601,558
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 610,693
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 515,743
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.80
- 0.80
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 50.1
- 55.6
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 20.0%
- 17.8%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.68
- 0.70
MarginsIndustry
- EBITDA Margin
- 61.1%
- 50.8%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 8.40%
- 9.00%
Financial positionIndustry
- Interest Coverage
- 2.18
- 2.12
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 4.51%
- 4.64%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- -59.0%
- 1.20%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 5.51%
- 4.18%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 4.76%
- 7.63%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 18.4%
- -0.11%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 3.66%
- 6.21%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.15
- 0.13
- Revenue Per Employee
- $1.15M
- $2.42M
- Employee Count
- 1,689
- 67
- WACC
- 8.30%
- 8.30%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $72.06M
- $845.20K
- Net Cash Per Share
- $1.12
- $0.03
- Equity (Book Value)
- $5.30B
- -$78.08K
- Book Value Per Share
- $82.36
- -$0.00
- Tangible Book Value
- $5.30B
- -$170.61K
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Dividend Yield
- 3.78%
- 5.49%
- Buyback Yield
- 0.35%
- 0.16%
- Shareholder Yield
- 4.14%
- 5.47%
- Dividend Per Share
- $10.28
- $1.36
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 4.90%
- 1.18%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 9
- 1
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $262.90M
- $65.39M
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $99.94
- $19.78
- Graham Upside
- -63.2%
- -34.1%
- Altman Z-Score
- 1.73
- 10.58
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | ESS | S&P 500 | Difference | ESS per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +0.5% | -2.7% | +3.2 pts | ||
| 3 months | -2.4% | -1.7% | −0.7 pts | ||
| Year to date | +8.0% | +11.9% | −3.9 pts | ||
| 1 year | +10.8% | +12.0% | −1.2 pts | ||
| 3 years | +44.3% | +78.2% | −33.9 pts | +13.0% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -5.7% | +73.2% | −78.9 pts | -1.2% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +76.4% | +309.6% | −233.2 pts | +5.8% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
2M ESS shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 9.9% from the previous report, or 3.56% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 3.5 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 55.4% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 2,271,721 | -9.9% | 646,003 | 3.5 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2,521,712 | -0.8% | 445,954 | 5.7 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,541,065 | +16.3% | 637,293 | 4.0 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2,185,113 | -8.1% | 515,723 | 4.2 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2,378,744 | +20.6% | 463,374 | 5.1 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1,971,746 | -11.5% | 341,813 | 5.8 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2,227,641 | +9.7% | 522,913 | 4.3 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 2,030,071 | +13.2% | 483,247 | 4.2 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1,792,568 | +7.9% | 509,272 | 3.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1,661,975 | -14.9% | 477,540 | 3.5 |
| May 29, 2026 | 1,952,906 | +7.3% | 492,114 | 4.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1,819,537 | -0.6% | 433,237 | 4.2 |
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